PATIENT MONITORING WITH AUTOMATIC RESIZING OF DISPLAY SECTORS

Description

[0001] The present application relates to medical monitoring and clinical data display devices for monitoring the physiological condition of a patient. It finds particular application in improving the configuration and accessibility of patient information on a patient monitoring, central station monitor or multi-patient dashboard display device and will be described with particular reference thereto.

[0002] Presently, central station or other multi-patient monitoring devices have a fixed area or sector of a display assigned to each patient bed. The monitoring sectors display the patient's identification, monitored physiological data, status, alarms, and the like. If no patient is in the bed, the sector is blank but remains allocated. Each sector typically displays several physiological parameters for each patient, such as an EGG signal, a respiration signal, pulse rate, blood pressure, SpO2, and other indicators of patient health or well being, and the like. As more physiological parameters are monitored, the displayed information is compressed or displayed in a smaller harder to read size, or the like in order to fit in the fixed sector assigned to the patients. As simple patient worn physiological parameter measuring devices become more widely available, more and more physiological parameters are being measured for each patient.

[0003] The present application provides a new and improved patient monitoring device which overcomes the above-referenced problems and others.

[0004] The invention is set out in the appended set of claims. Document EP1852060A1 discloses a system that represents the closest prior art.

[0005] One advantage of the present invention resides in the automatic creation of display sectors as needed.

[0006] Another advantage resides in the easier readability of physiological data of patients most in need of monitoring.

[0007] Another advantage resides in reducing screen clutter and distractions from the physiological data of patients not in current need of attention.

[0008] Still further advantages of the present invention will be appreciated to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading and understand the following detailed description.

[0009] The invention may take form in various components and arrangements of components, and in various steps and arrangements of steps. The drawings are only for purposes of illustrating the preferred embodiments and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.

FIGURE 1 is a diagrammatic illustration of a patient display monitor in accordance with the present application.

FIGURE 2 is a ten sector display with an automatically collapsed sector and a manually collapsed sector.

FIGURE 3 is a flowchart diagram of the operation of a patient display monitor in accordance with the present application.

FIGURE 4 is a ten sector display with sectors sent to the background with an auto-expand on alarm.

FIGURE 5 is a patient display monitor within a bedside patient monitor.

[0010] With reference to FIGURE 1, a patient monitoring station 10 monitors a plurality of patient beds 12, e.g., in a centralized, multi-patient clinical display station. The patient monitoring station 10 is frequently centrally located in reference to the beds 12 that it monitors, such as a nurse's station, or the like. The patient in each of the patient beds 12 has one or more remote medical devices 8 that measure physiological parameters of the patient and generate physiological data indicative thereof. These remote medical devices 8 include ECG sensors, IV fluid pumps, blood pressure sensors, SpO2 sensors, pulse sensors, thermometers, respiratory sensors, and exhaled gas sensors. Of course, other remote medical devices 8 can be associated with a patient, and not all of the above-mentioned remote medical devices 8 have to be associated with a patient at any given time. As used herein, medical devices signifies data sources indicating patient health or caregiver workflow, e.g., a medical administration scheduler.

[0011] The remote medical devices 8 report the measured physiological data to a local buffer 14. The buffer 14 serves as a gathering point for the physiological data measured by the remote medical devices 8, and provides temporary storage for the data. The local buffer 14, for example may be a patient's bedside monitor, a monitor that travels with the patient, such as the transmitter of an ambulatory patient worn monitoring system, or the like. The local buffer 14 may also be a more permanent fixture, such as a wall-mounted monitor that is permanently associated with each bed, a group of beds, or a room. The communication links between the remote medical devices 8 and the local buffer 14 may be wireless, hard wired, or a combination of both. Similarly, the remote medical devices 8 may be powered by battery, external AC power, or a combination of both.

[0012] The local buffers 14 communicate with the patient monitoring station 10. The physiological data can be communicated continuously or periodically. For a given patient, some data may be communicated continuously, such as EGG, and other data, such as blood pressure, periodically. A controller 16 receives the measured physiological data from the buffers 14 of as many patient beds 12 for which the patient monitoring station 10 is responsible. The controller 16 then controls a display 18 of the patient monitoring station 10 to display the measured physiological data received from each patient in a corresponding sector 26. The controller 16 automatically creates sectors 26 of the display 18 corresponding to a configured patient bed 12. The patient monitoring station 10 also includes a user interface 20 that allows the user, such as a caregiver, a patient group like a surgical, medical, or covering physician, to view and/or manipulate the data displayed on the display 18. The interface 20 can be a separate component or integrated into the display 18 such as with a touch screen monitor. Additionally, the controller 16 includes a collapsing unit 22 and an expanding unit 24 to control or manipulate the sectors 26 of a display 18 assigned to a particular caregiver, patient, room, device, and so forth. The collapsing 22 and expanding 24 units may include a processor or computer, software, hardware, or the like.

[0013] The controller also includes a processor 25, for example, a microprocessor which is configured to execute patient monitoring software for performing the operations described in further detail below and, optionally, collapsing or expanding software. Typically, patient monitoring software will be stored in a memory or a computer readable medium 23 and be executed by the processor 25. Types of computer readable medium 23 include memory such as a hard disk drive, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM and the like. Other implementations of the processor 25 are also contemplated. Display controllers, Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), and microcontrollers are illustrative examples of other types of component which may be implemented to provide functions of the processor 25. Embodiments may be implemented using software for execution by a processor, hardware, or some combination thereof.

[0014] Optionally, a physiological data evaluation unit 27 evaluates the physiological data from each patient and decides whether the patient's sector 26 should be expanded or collapsed. For example, the evaluation checks for alarms, whether each measured parameter is approaching threshold values, whether a trend of any parameter is approaching a threshold, whether any parameter lacks stability or fluxuates too much, combinations of parameters are approaching a threshold, and other indicators that a patient needs more or less medical monitoring. The thresholds include values exceeding a limit based on time, severity, escalation, or the like. The physiological evaluation unit may include a suitable programmed computer or processor, software applied by the processor 25, or the like.

[0015] The communications links between the buffers 14 and the patient monitoring station 10 may be wireless. If the buffer 14 is embodied, for example, in a local monitor mounted on an IV stand or worn, the patient can leave the immediate vicinity, taking the buffer 14 along. Wireless communication between the buffer 14 and the patient monitoring station 10 allows greater mobility for the patient while still being able to monitor the selected parameters of the patient. If the buffer 14 is embodied in a more permanent fixture, the communications links between the buffers 14 and the patient monitoring station 10 may be hard lines, such as standard Ethernet network cables.

[0016] As mentioned previously, the controller 16 directs the display 18 to display the information received from the various buffers 14. With reference now to FIGURE 2, the display 18 of the patient monitoring station 10 is divided into sectors 26, each sector 26 representing information received from one buffer device 14, that is, from one patient. Ten sectors 26 are illustrated in FIGURE 2, but more or fewer sectors are also contemplated. The number of sectors 26 per patient monitoring station 10 could be dictated by the size of the display 18, the patient to monitoring station 10 ratios, the number of patient beds 12, and other factors. As illustrated, each of the sectors 26 of the display 18 corresponds to one patient bed. Physiological data associated with each patient is displayed within a corresponding sector 26. When no patient is admitted to a specific bed 12 or the patient monitoring station 10 is not receiving information from a buffer 14, a message 28 is displayed indicating that no patient is admitted. Rather than leaving the empty sector 29 full size, the collapsing unit 22 collapses the empty sector 44 and the expanding unit 24 expands the other sectors 26 to use the space freed up when the sector 44 is collapsed.

[0017] The sectors 26 of the display 18 have various sub-displays corresponding to the information received from the buffer 14. For example, the sector 26 has a patient ID sub-display 30 where the patient's name, bed or room number, assigned patient group, caregiver or team, and other identifying information, such as a unique hospital ID are displayed. An ECG sub-display 32 displays the latest ECG readings received from the buffer 14 about the patient. A pulse sub-display 34 displays the latest pulse rate readings of the patient. A blood pressure sub-display 36 displays the latest blood pressure reading from the patient. There may also be SpO2 display 37, end tidal CO2 (et CO2 display), respiration displays, and the like. Typically, due to space limitations, only three or four values can be displayed on the sector 26. Each additional sector 26 displays similar information, with the exception that each sector 26 represents a separate patient. Also, each sector 26 can be configured independently. The processor 25 can be programmed to display different information based on what clinical or workflow condition is present at the time of the event.

[0018] The patient monitoring station 10 includes an alarm, such as a visual alarm 38 e.g. in each sector, an audio alarm speaker, or so forth. If one or more of the physiological data exceeds a threshold (such as a trended heart rate going below a lower threshold, or a trended blood pressure going above an upper threshold), then the alarm 38 suitably activates to warn medical personnel of a potential problem with specific alarm information being displayed on display 18. The patient monitoring station 10 also includes an indicator of a pending patient event, such as a visual alarm 40. If one or more of the physiological data exceed a certain predetermined threshold that indicate a possible patient event, such as low battery, leads have come off, or the like, the alarm 40 activates to warn medical personal of a potential event.

[0019] The controller 16 of the patient monitoring station 10 controls the display 18 to display the sectors 26 of the display in an expanded format 42 or a collapsed format 44. As illustrated, the upper right sector 26 of the display 18 is displaying the corresponding information received from the buffer 14 in the expanded format 42. The sector 26 with the expanded format 42 displays a full data representation of the information received from the buffer 14 including the patient ID and multiple sub-displays of physiological data and patient statuses as a full or expanded size object on the display 18. The collapsed format sector 44 is configured to display limited data representation of information received from the corresponding buffer 14 as a small object on the display 18. Such limitations can preferably be provided according to personal criteria, e.g. the patient monitors of a care group (which is usually taken care by one nurse or a specific group of nurses), a patient's highest priority physiologic data, or according to locality criteria, e.g. the patient monitors of a specific room in a hospital. This status information is preferably displayed by means of symbols, pictograms, codings, and/or alphanumeric signs. The content of the expanded area could be text only or a combination of symbols, pictograms, codings, and/or alphanumeric signs.

[0020] The size and location of the collapsed format 44 and expanded format 42 sectors depends on the specific screen configurations of the display 18. In one embodiment, the size of the collapsed format 44 and expanded format 42 sectors are sized such that all of the collapsed format sectors 44 are of uniform size and all of the expanded format sectors 42 are of uniform size. In yet another embodiment, the collapsed format 44 and expanded format 42 sectors are scaled so that they fit within a boundary of the display 18. In another embodiment, the size of the expanded format 42 sectors is based on the severity of the patient event or alarm condition. Additionally, the size of the expanded format sector 42 can be based on the time that has elapsed since the patient event or alarm condition was encountered. For example, after an alarm condition has been resolved, the sector can shrink gradually over time. The size of the collapsed format 44 and expanded format 42 sectors can also be increased or decreased in size in order to display more detailed information about one or more patients. In one embodiment, the collapsed format 44 and expanded format 42 sectors corresponding to actively monitored patients can only be reduced or increased to a size to a predefined minimum or maximum size in order to still enable the monitoring of the all of the sectors 26 of the display 18. It is also preferred that the expanded format 42 and the collapsed format 44 sectors not overlap each other or only overlap temporarily. The size and automatic window generation can be based on alarm severity as well as time the condition is persistent. Border decoration, background intensity, background transparency, and color can also be used to attract attention to a selected sector(s).

[0021] To enable user interfacing and the exchange of monitored physiological data, in addition to the display 18, the patient monitoring station 10 can also include a sector user interface or an input/output (I/O) portion 46 for each sector 26. The sector user interface 46 allows the user to view and/or manipulate the data of each sector 26 displayed on the display 18, e.g. a touch screen display. Alternatively, the monitoring station 10 optionally incorporates a keypad, keyboard, touch sensitive screen, or other user input device (not shown) to enable user input.

[0022] In one embodiment, the user interface 46 also allows the user to define specific sectors 26 of the display 18 in an auto-collapse mode, auto-expand mode, or collapse to background mode. In auto-collapse mode, sectors 26 are automatically displayed in a collapsed format 44 upon receiving no physiological data from the corresponding buffer 14, being placed in a standby mode by the controller 16, or through the user selection to configure the sector 26 to an auto-collapse mode. In auto-expand mode, sectors 26 of the display 18 are automatically displayed in an expanded format 42 upon receiving valid physiological data from the buffer 14, receiving physiological data indicative of a pending patient event, or alarm conditions. In a collapse to background mode, the sectors 26 are in a collapsed format 44 and attached to the background of the display 18.

[0023] FIGURE 3 illustrates the core operation of the controller 16 of the patient monitoring system 10. In a step 50, the patient monitoring system 10 automatically creates a sector 26 of a display 18 corresponding to a patient bed 12 or the remote medical device 8. The physiological data received from the patient bed 12 or remote medical device 8 is displayed in the corresponding sector 26 of the display 18 in a step 52. In a step 54, the patient monitoring system 10 determines whether the patient bed 12 or remote medical device 8 is sending or the controller 16 is receiving physiological data from the buffer 14 of the patient bed 12 or remote medical device 8. In response to the patient bed 12 or remote medical device 8 not sending physiological data, the corresponding sector 26 of the display 18 is placed in a collapsed format 44 in a step 56. If the patient bed 12 or remote medical device 8 is sending physiological data, the patient monitoring system 10 determines whether the received physiological data are indicative of a pending medical event or alarm condition in a step 58. In a step 60, the corresponding sector 26 displaying the received physiological data is placed in a collapsed format 44 in response to the physiological data not indicating a pending medical event or alarm condition. In response to the received physiological data indicating a pending medical event or alarm condition, the corresponding sector 26 of the display 18 is placed in an expanded format 42 in a step 62. The controller 16 is or includes a processor which is programmed to perform the steps 50-60.

[0024] FIGURES 4 and 5 illustrate a sector in the expanded format 42 alerting medical personal that a patient event or alarm condition has occurred regarding a specific patient. The sector corresponding to the patient sending physiological data indicative of a patient event or alarm is expanded in order to draw attention to medical personal that such a condition exists. The expanded format sector 42 is enlarged so that is it larger than the collapsed format 44 sectors, yet positioned so that it does not fully obscure any of the fully or partially collapsed format 44 sectors. The collapsed format 44 sectors need not necessarily be in a static area fixed to a certain location, but can be movable along the screen. The expanded format 42 sectors indicating a patient event or an alarm condition can temporarily overlap another expanded format sector 42 collapsed format sector 42 of a different patient. In another embodiment, the expanded format 42 sectors are resized such that all of the expanded sectors 42 are scaled to fit within a boundary of the display. In another embodiment, the patient monitoring station 10 monitors a very large plurality of patients. For example, an EGG patch which wirelessly connects with a hospital network can be attached to every patient. Although the patch is applied to a large number of patients, all the patients are monitored by collapsing the sectors of all of the patients. Any patient whose patch signal is indicative of a patient event or alarm automatically expands to alert medical personal of such a condition and/or other sectors collapse. A list canbe provided to the user to navigate to the patient, bed, or device and force the object ot a sector or area.

[0025] FIGURE 4 illustrates the patient monitoring station 10 in which the sectors 26 are configured in an auto-collapse mode and a collapse-to background mode. The sectors 26 receiving physiological data are in a collapsed format 42 and are attached to the background of the display 18. In FIGURE 4, the bottom left sector has received physiological data indicative of an alarm condition and has been placed in an expanded format 42. The expanded format sector 42 is enlarged so that it is larger than the collapsed format 44 sectors, yet positioned so that it does not fully obscure any other sector 26. A plurality of sectors can be expanded concurrently to a uniform or non-uniform size, color, or transparency that is related to the severity of the patient's condition. The expanded form of the sector 42 can be displayed as a transparent object so the user can visualize the presence of another alert or event below the area consumed by the expanded area. Optionally, this window is movable or draggable by the user. FIGURE 5 illustrates the patient monitoring station 10 in a bedside patient monitor. The physiological data being monitored by bedside monitor is displayed in the background 64 of the display 18. Remote medical devices 8 and patient beds 12 of the same hospital wing or floor are displayed in sectors with the collapsed format 44 so that a doctor may monitor all the patients of the wing or floor while at a patient's bedside. In response to a patient event or alarm condition of one of the other patients in the same hospital or floor, the sector corresponding to the patient with the event or alarm condition expands to the expanded format 42. In another embodiment, the display 18 of the patient monitoring system 10 is the display of a PDA, PC, tablet PC, and the like.

[0026] The invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments. Modifications and alterations may occur to others upon reading and understanding the preceding detailed description. It is intended that the invention be constructed as including all such modifications and alterations insofar as they come within the scope of the appended claims or the equivalents thereof.

Claims

1. A patient monitoring station for monitoring a plurality of patient beds (10) comprising:

a display (18) for displaying a plurality of sectors (26);

a controller (16) configured to automatically create one or more sectors (26), each sector corresponding to a patient bed or a remote medical device associated with a patient in a patient bed, and to display patient data received from one or more remote medical devices (8) in a corresponding sector (26) of the display (18), the controller (16) programmed to or including means to automatically display a sector (26) in an expanded format upon receiving patient data from the corresponding one or more remote medical devices (8) or upon receiving patient data indicative of a pending patient event or alarm condition, wherein the sector in the expanded format includes a full representation of the patient data; and

at least one of

automatically display a sector (26) in the expanded format at least partially transparent; or

automatically display a sector (26) in a collapsed format in response to one of (1) not receiving patient data from the corresponding remote patient monitor (8) or (2) receiving patient data not indicative of a pending patient event, caregiver workflow, change in health care state, or alarm condition, wherein the sector in the collapsed format includes a limited representation of the patient data;

the controller (16) is further programmed to or includes means to resize the sectors (44) in the collapsed format such that all the sectors (44) in the collapsed format are of a uniform size and resize the sectors (42) in the expanded format such that all the sectors (42) in the expanded format are of a uniform size, wherein the sectors (26) are scaled to fit within a boundary of the display (18).

2. The patient monitoring station (10) according to claim 1, wherein the controller (16) is further programmed to or includes means to expand a size of the sector (42) in the expanded format based on a severity of the alarm condition or time elapsed since the alarm condition, wherein the alarm condition is based on a measured physiological parameter in the patient data exceeding a time, severity, or escalation parameter.

3. The patient monitoring station (10) according to any one of claims 1-2, wherein the controller (16) is further programmed to or includes means to:
control the display (18) to represent a sector (44) in the collapsed format by a small object including the limited representation of the patient data; and
control the display (18) to represent a sector (44) in the expanded format by the full representation of the patient data.

4. The patient monitoring station (10) according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein each sector (44) in the collapsed format is represented by a small object comprising a bed label (30), patient ID (30), or other representations of patient grouping, and a patient's highest priority monitored physiologic parameter (42) or indication of wellness, and wherein each sector (42) in the expanded format is represented by a full size object including the full representation of the received patient data.

5. The patient monitoring station (10) according to any one of claims 1-4, wherein the display (18) is incorporated in one or more of a PDA, tablet PC, and patient bedside monitor.

6. A method of displaying medical parameters for a plurality of patients, the method comprising:
automatically creating one or more display sectors, each sector corresponding to a patient bed or a remote medical device associated with a patient in a patient bed;

displaying medical parameters received from one or more remote medical devices (8) in a corresponding sector (26) of a display (18);

automatically displaying a sector (26) in an expanded format upon receiving medical parameters indicative of a pending patient event, caregiver workflow, change in healthcare state, or alarm condition, wherein the sector in the expanded format includes a full representation of the medical parameters; and,

one of

automatically displaying a sector (26) in the expanded format at least partially transparently; or

automatically displaying a sector (44) of the display (18) in a collapsed format in response to one of (a) the corresponding remote medical device (8) not sending patient data and (b) the received patient data not indicating a pending patient event, wherein the sector in the collapsed format includes a limited representation of the medical parameters the method further includes:
resizing the sectors (44) in the collapsed format such that all the sectors (44) in the collapsed format are of a uniform size and resizing the sectors (42) in the expanded format such that all the sectors (42) in the expanded format are of a uniform size, wherein the sectors (26) are scaled to fit within a boundary of the display (18).

7. The method according to claim 6, further including:

representing each sector (44) in the collapsed format by a small object including the limited representation of the medical parameters; and

representing a sector (44) in the expanded format by the full presentation of the medical parameters.

8. The method according to any one of claims 6-7, further including:
representing each sector (44) in the collapsed format by a small object comprising a bed label (30), patient ID (30), and a patient's highest priority monitored physiologic parameter (42) or indication of wellness.

9. The method according to any one of claims 6-8, further including:
resizing a sector (26) in the expanded format based on a severity of the alarm condition or a time elapsed since the alarm condition, wherein the alarm condition is based on a measured physiological parameter in the patient data exceeding a time, severity, or escalation parameter.

10. The method according to any one of claims 6-9, wherein the display (18) is incorporated in one or more of a PDA, tablet PC, and patient bedside monitor.

11. The method according to any one of claims 6-10, further including:

determining whether each of the plurality of remote medical devices (8) is sending patient data; and

determining whether the patient data indicates a pending patient event in response to a remote medical device (8) sending patient data.

12. A computer readable medium (23) containing software which when loaded into a processor (25) programs the processor (25) to perform the method according to any one of claims 6-11.

13. A patient monitoring system (10) comprising:

a plurality of remote medical devices (8); and

a patient monitoring system (10) according to any one of claims 1-5, or a patient monitoring system (10) having a display (18) and a controller (16) programmed to perform the method according to any one of claims 6-11.

Ansprüche

1. Patientenüberwachungsstation zum Überwachen einer Vielzahl von Patientenbetten (10), umfassend:

eine Anzeige (18) zum Anzeigen einer Vielzahl von Bereichen (26);

eine Steuerung (16), die dazu konfiguriert ist, automatisch einen oder mehrere Bereiche (26) zu erstellen, wobei jeder Bereich einem Patientenbett oder einer fernen medizinischen Vorrichtung entspricht, die einem Patienten in einem Patientenbett zugeordnet ist, und Patientendaten, die von einer oder mehreren fernen medizinischen Vorrichtungen (8) empfangen werden, in einem entsprechenden Bereich (26) der Anzeige (18) anzuzeigen, wobei die Steuerung (16) dazu programmiert ist oder Mittel einschließt, um bei Empfangen von Patientendaten von der entsprechenden einen oder den mehreren fernen medizinischen Vorrichtungen (8) oder bei Empfangen von Patientendaten, die auf ein ausstehendes Patientenereignis oder einen Alarmzustand hinweisen, einen Bereich (26) automatisch in einem erweiterten Format anzuzeigen, wobei der Bereich im erweiterten Format eine vollständige Darstellung der Patientendaten einschließt; und

mindestens eines aus

einen Bereich (26) im erweiterten Format automatisch mindestens teilweise transparent anzuzeigen; oder

in Antwort auf eines aus (1) Nichtempfangen von Patientendaten von dem entsprechenden fernen Patientenüberwachungsgerät (8) oder (2) Empfangen von Patientendaten, die nicht auf ein ausstehendes Patientenereignis, einen Pflegepersonal-Arbeitsablauf, eine Veränderung im Gesundheitsversorgungsstatus oder einen Alarmzustand hinweisen, einen Bereich (26) automatisch in einem reduzierten Format anzuzeigen, wobei der Bereich im reduzierten Format eine eingeschränkte Darstellung der Patientendaten einschließt;

die Steuerung (16) weiter dazu programmiert ist oder Mittel einschließt, um die Bereiche (44) im reduzierten Format derart in der Größe anzupassen, dass alle die Bereiche (44) im reduzierten Format von einer einheitlichen Größe sind, und die Bereiche (42) im erweiterten Format derart in der Größe anzupassen, dass alle die Bereiche (42) im erweiterten Format von einer einheitlichen Größe sind, wobei die Bereiche (26) so skaliert werden, dass sie innerhalb eine Umgrenzung der Anzeige (18) passen.

2. Patientenüberwachungsstation (10) nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Steuerung (16) weiter dazu programmiert ist oder Mittel einschließt, um eine Größe des Bereichs (42) im erweiterten Format auf Basis eines Schweregrads des Alarmzustands oder einer Zeitdauer, die seit dem Alarmzustand verstrichen ist, zu erweitern, wobei der Alarmzustand auf einem gemessenen physiologischen Parameter in den Patientendaten basiert, der eine Zeitdauer, einen Schweregrad oder einen Eskalationsparameter übersteigt.

3. Patientenüberwachungsstation (10) nach einem der Ansprüche 1-2, wobei die Steuerung (16) weiter dazu programmiert ist oder Mittel einschließt, um:

die Anzeige (18) so zu steuern, dass ein Bereich (44) im reduzierten Format mit einem kleinen Objekt angezeigt wird, das die eingeschränkte Darstellung der Patientendaten einschließt; und

die Anzeige (18) so zu steuern, dass ein Bereich (44) im erweiterten Format mit der vollständigen Darstellung der Patientendaten dargestellt wird.

4. Patientenüberwachungsstation (10) nach einem der Ansprüche 1-3, wobei jeder Bereich (44) im reduzierten Format mit einem kleinen Objekt dargestellt wird, das eine Bettenbezeichnung (30), Patienten-ID (30), oder sonstige Patientengruppierungs-Darstellungen, und einen überwachten physiologischen Parameter (42) oder Befindlichkeitshinweis von höchster Priorität des Patienten umfasst, und wobei jeder Bereich (42) im erweiterten Format mit einem Objekt in vollständiger Größe dargestellt wird, das die vollständige Darstellung der empfangenen Patientendaten einschließt.

5. Patientenüberwachungsstation (10) nach einem der Ansprüche 1-4, wobei die Anzeige (18) in einem oder mehreren aus einem PDA, Tablet-PC und Überwachungsgerät am Patientenbett integriert ist.

6. Verfahren zum Anzeigen von medizinischen Parametern für eine Vielzahl von Patienten, wobei das Verfahren umfasst:

automatisches Erstellen von einem oder mehreren Anzeigebereichen, wobei jeder Bereich einem Patientenbett oder einer fernen medizinischen Vorrichtung entspricht, die einem Patienten in einem Patientenbett zugeordnet ist;

Anzeigen von medizinischen Parametern, die von einer oder mehreren fernen medizinischen Vorrichtungen (8) empfangen werden, in einem entsprechenden Bereich (26) einer Anzeige (18);

automatisches Anzeigen eines Bereichs (26) in einem erweiterten Format bei Empfangen von medizinischen Parametern, die auf ein ausstehendes Patientenereignis, einen Pflegepersonal-Arbeitsablauf, eine Veränderung im Gesundheitsversorgungsstatus oder einen Alarmzustand hinweisen, wobei der Bereich im erweiterten Format eine vollständige Darstellung der medizinischen Parameter einschließt; und

eines aus

Anzeigen eines Bereichs (26) im erweiterten Format automatisch mindestens teilweise transparent; oder

Anzeigen eines Bereichs (44) der Anzeige (18) automatisch in einem reduzierten Format in Antwort auf eines aus (a), dass die entsprechende ferne medizinische Vorrichtung (8) keine Patientendaten sendet, und (b), dass die empfangenen Patientendaten nicht auf ein ausstehendes Patientenereignis hinweisen, wobei der Bereich im reduzierten Format eine eingeschränkte Darstellung der medizinischen Parameter einschließt,

das Verfahren weiter einschließt:
Anpassen der Größe der Bereiche (44) im reduzierten Format derart, dass alle die Bereiche (44) im reduzierten Format von einer einheitlichen Größe sind, und Anpassen der Größe der Bereiche (42) im erweiterten Format derart, dass alle die Bereiche (42) im erweiterten Format von einer einheitlichen Größe sind, wobei die Bereiche (26) so skaliert werden, dass sie innerhalb eine Umgrenzung der Anzeige (18) passen.

7. Verfahren nach Anspruch 6, weiter einschließend:

Darstellen jedes Bereichs (44) im reduzierten Format mit einem kleinen Objekt, das die eingeschränkte Darstellung der medizinischen Parameter einschließt; und

Darstellen eines Bereichs (44) im erweiterten Format mit der vollständigen Darstellung der medizinischen Parameter.

8. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 6-7, weiter einschließend:
Darstellen jedes Bereichs (44) im reduzierten Format mit einem kleinen Objekt, das eine Bettenbezeichnung (30), Patienten-ID (30) und einen überwachten physiologischen Parameter (42) oder Befindlichkeitshinweis von höchster Priorität des Patienten umfasst.

9. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 6-8, weiter einschließend:
Anpassen der Größe eines Bereichs (26) im erweiterten Format auf Basis eines Schweregrads des Alarmzustands oder einer Zeitdauer, die seit dem Alarmzustand verstrichen ist, wobei der Alarmzustand auf einem gemessenen physiologischen Parameter in den Patientendaten basiert, der eine Zeitdauer, einen Schweregrad oder einen Eskalationsparameter übersteigt.

10. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 6-9, wobei die Anzeige (18) in einem oder mehreren aus einem PDA, Tablet-PC und Überwachungsgerät am Patientenbett integriert ist.

11. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 6-10, weiter einschließend:

Bestimmen, ob jede aus der Vielzahl von fernen medizinischen Vorrichtungen (8) Patientendaten sendet; und

in Antwort darauf, dass eine ferne medizinische Vorrichtung (8) Patientendaten sendet, Bestimmen, ob die Patientendaten auf ein ausstehendes Patientenereignis hinweisen.

12. Computerlesbares Medium (23), das Software enthält, die, wenn sie in einen Prozessor (25) geladen wird, den Prozessor (25) so programmiert, dass er das Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 6-11 durchführt.

13. Patientenüberwachungssystem (10), umfassend:

eine Vielzahl von fernen medizinischen Vorrichtungen (8); und

ein Patientenüberwachungssystem (10) nach einem der Ansprüche 1-5, oder ein Patientenüberwachungssystem (10), das eine Anzeige (18) und eine Steuerung (16) aufweist, die dazu programmiert ist, das Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 6-11 durchzuführen.

Revendications

1. Station de surveillance de patients pour surveiller une pluralité de lits de patients (10), comprenant :

un appareil d'affichage (18) pour afficher une pluralité de secteurs (26) ;

un dispositif de commande (16) configuré pour créer automatiquement un ou plusieurs secteurs (26), chaque secteur correspondant à un lit de patient ou à un dispositif médical distant associé à un patient dans un lit de patient, et pour afficher des données de patients reçues d'un ou plusieurs dispositifs médicaux distants (8) dans un secteur correspondant (26) de l'appareil d'affichage (18), le dispositif de commande (16) étant programmé ou comprenant des moyens pour afficher automatiquement un secteur (26) en format déployé lors de la réception de données de patients venant des un ou plusieurs dispositifs médicaux distants correspondants (8) ou lors de la réception de données de patients indicatives d'un événement de patient ou d'une condition d'alarme en cours, dans lequel le secteur en format déployé comprend une pleine représentation des données de patients ; et

au moins l'un :

d'un affichage automatique d'un secteur (26) en format déployé de manière au moins en partie transparente ; ou

d'un affichage automatique d'un secteur (26) en format réduit en réponse à une situation parmi (1) la non réception de données de patients du moniteur de patients distant correspondant (8) ou (2) la réception de données de patients non indicatives d'un événement de patient, d'un flux de travail de soignants, d'un changement d'état des soins de santé ou d'une condition d'alarme en cours, dans laquelle le secteur en format réduit comprend une représentation limitée des données de patients ;

le dispositif de commande (16) est en outre programmé pour inclure des moyens pour redimensionner les secteurs (44) en format réduit de sorte que tous les secteurs (44) en format réduit aient une taille uniforme et redimensionner les secteurs (42) en format déployé de sorte que tous les secteurs (42) en format déployé aient une taille uniforme, dans laquelle les secteurs (26) sont conçus pour s'ajuster dans les limites de l'appareil d'affichage (18).

2. Station de surveillance de patients (10) selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle le dispositif de commande (16) est en outre programmé ou inclut des moyens pour déployer une taille du secteur (42) en format déployé sur la base d'une gravité de la condition d'alarme ou du temps écoulé depuis la condition d'alarme, dans laquelle la condition d'alarme est basée sur un paramètre physiologique mesuré des données de patients dépassant un certain temps, une certaine gravité ou un paramètre de majoration.

3. Station de surveillance de patients (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1-2, dans laquelle le dispositif de commande (16) est en outre programmé ou comprend des moyens pour :

commander l'appareil d'affichage (18) pour représenter une secteur (44) en format réduit par un petit objet incluant la représentation limitée des données de patients ; et

commander l'appareil d'affichage (18) pour représenter un secteur (44) en format déployé par la pleine représentation des données de patients.

4. Station de surveillance de patients (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1-3, dans laquelle chaque secteur (44) en format réduit est représenté par un petit objet comprenant une étiquette de lit (30), un ID de patient (30) ou d'autres représentations d'un groupement de patients, et un paramètre physiologique surveillé (42) de la plus haute priorité pour les patients ou une indication de bien-être, et dans laquelle chaque secteur (42) en format déployé est représenté par un objet de pleine taille incluant la pleine représentation des données de patients reçues.

5. Station de surveillance de patients (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1-4, dans laquelle l'appareil d'affichage (18) est incorporé à l'un ou plusieurs d'un PDA, d'un PC de tablette et d'un moniteur de lit de patient.

6. Procédé d'affichage de paramètres médicaux pour une pluralité de patients, le procédé comprenant :
la création automatique d'un ou plusieurs secteurs d'affichage, chaque secteur correspondant à un lit de patient ou à un dispositif médical distant associé à un patient dans un lit de patient ;

l'affichage de paramètres médicaux reçus d'un ou plusieurs dispositifs médicaux distants (8) dans un secteur correspondant (26) d'un appareil d'affichage (18) ;

l'affichage automatique d'un secteur (26) dans un format déployé lors de la réception de paramètres médicaux indicatifs d'un événement de patient, d'un flux de travail de soignants, d'un changement d'état de santé ou d'une condition d'alarme en cours, dans lequel le secteur en format déployé comprend une pleine représentation des paramètres médicaux ; et

l'une des situations suivantes :

l'affichage automatique d'un secteur (26) en format déployé de manière au moins en partie transparente ;

l'affichage automatique d'un secteur (44) de l'appareil d'affichage (18) en format réduit en réponse à une situation où (a) le dispositif médical distant correspondant (8) n'envoie pas de données de patients et (b) les données de patients reçues n'indiquent pas un événement de patient en cours, dans laquelle le secteur en format réduit comprend une représentation limitée des paramètres médicaux,

le procédé comprenant en outre :
le redimensionnement des secteurs (44) en format réduit en sorte que tous les secteurs (44) en format réduit aient une taille uniforme et le redimensionnement des secteurs (42) en format déployé de sorte que tous les secteurs (42) en format déployé aient une taille uniforme, dans laquelle les secteurs (26) sont conçus pour s'ajuster dans les limites de l'appareil d'affichage (18).

7. Procédé selon la revendication 6, comprenant en outre :

la représentation de chaque secteur (44) en format réduit par un petit objet incluant la représentation limitée des paramètres médicaux ; et

la représentation d'un secteur (44) en format déployé par la pleine présentation des paramètres médicaux.

8. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6-7, comprenant en outre :
la représentation de chaque secteur (44) en format réduit par un petit objet comprenant une étiquette de lit (30), une ID de patient (30) et un paramètre physiologique surveillé (42) de la plus haute priorité pour le patient ou une indication de bien-être.

9. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6-8, comprenant en outre :
le redimensionnement d'un secteur (26) en format déployé sur la base de la gravité de la condition d'alarme ou d'un temps écoulé depuis la condition d'alarme, dans lequel la condition d'alarme est basée sur un paramètre physiologique mesuré dans les données de patients dépassant un certain temps, une certaine gravité ou un paramètre de majoration.

10. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6-9, dans lequel l'appareil d'affichage (18) est incorporé à un ou plusieurs d'un PDA, d'un PC de tablette et d'un moniteur de lit de patient.

11. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6-10, comprenant en outre :

la détermination du fait que chacun de la pluralité de dispositifs médicaux distants (8) envoie ou non des données de patients ; et

la détermination du fait que les données de patients indique ou non un événement de patient en cours en réponse à un dispositif médical distant (8) qui envoie des données de patients.

12. Support lisible par ordinateur (23) contenant un logiciel qui, lorsqu'il est chargé dans un processeur (25), programme le processeur (25) pour effectuer le procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6-11.

13. Système de surveillance de patients (10) comprenant :

une pluralité de dispositifs médicaux distants (8) ; et

un système de surveillance de patients (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1-5 ou un système de surveillance de patients (10) ayant un appareil d'affichage (18) et un dispositif de commande (16) programmé pour effectuer le procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6-11.

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